Definition for Delineation:

• The act of delineating: a sketch, representation, or description.

Synonyms for Delineation:

• n.

  •
  • rendition,
  • account.
  •
  • surface,
  • edge.
  •
  • show,
  • expression.
  •act (noun)
  • portrayal,
  • delineation.
  •a description (noun)
  • rough draft.
  •characterisation (noun)
  • characterisation.
  •contour (noun)
  • de-lineation,
  • de lineations,
  • de-lineations,
  • re-lief,
  • de lineation,
  • re lief.
  •definition (noun)
  • de-termination,
  • de notation,
  • de-notations,
  • statement meaning,
  • de limitation,
  • out linings,
  • de-limitation,
  • de terminations,
  • out-linings,
  • ex planation,
  • expoundings,
  • out-lining,
  • out lining,
  • ex-plications,
  • ex pounding,
  • ex plication,
  • ex-plication,
  • de-notation,
  • ex planations,
  • ex-planations,
  • de limitations,
  • ex plications,
  • ex-pounding,
  • de-terminations,
  • de-limitations,
  • de termination,
  • de notations.
  •delineation (noun)
  • limning,
  • word picture,
  • word-painting.
  •description (noun)
  • re-citations,
  • summarizations,
  • in formations,
  • re cord,
  • in-formations,
  • re-cords,
  • re cords,
  • blow by blows,
  • recountals,
  • de tail,
  • re-citation,
  • in-formation,
  • de-tail,
  • re citation,
  • re-cord,
  • re citations.
  •design (noun)
  • pasteups,
  • de-signs,
  • paste-ups,
  • de signs,
  • paste ups,
  • de sign,
  • de-sign.
  •draft (noun)
  • rough sketches,
  • preliminary forms.
  •drawing (noun)
  • painting,
  • graphics,
  • portrait,
  • storyboards,
  • commercial art,
  • Storyboard.
  •exposition (noun)
  • enucleations,
  • ex-positions,
  • re views,
  • construals,
  • re-view,
  • de-tails,
  • dis courses,
  • ex-pose,
  • dis-course,
  • ex pose,
  • ex position,
  • ex-position,
  • re view,
  • re-views,
  • ex positions,
  • tractates,
  • dis-courses,
  • dis course,
  • de tails.
  •figure (noun)
  • pro-portions,
  • pro portions,
  • pro portion,
  • sub-stance,
  • sub stances,
  • sub-stances,
  • sub stance,
  • pro-portion.
  •outline (noun)
  • framework,
  • tracing,
  • frame,
  • perimeter,
  • girth,
  • form,
  • limit,
  • periphery,
  • silhouette,
  • border,
  • skeleton,
  • configuration,
  • wire frame,
  • circumference.
  •picture (noun)
  • re creations,
  • re creation.
  •plan (noun)
  • scale drawing,
  • time line,
  • road map,
  • prospectus.
  •profile (noun)
  • pro-file,
  • pro files,
  • side views,
  • pro file,
  • pro-files.
  •representation (noun)
  • Re-presentation.
  •sketch (noun)
  • adumbrations.
  •uniformness (noun)
  • uniformness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • map.
  •
  • art.

Paraphrases for Delineation:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    delimitation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    delimitation, delimiting.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    description, line.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    limits.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    designation, allocation, separation, depiction, DEMARC, classification, apportionment, limitation, limitations, location, distribution, formulation, mapping, breakdown, ring-fencing, distinctness.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    demarcation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    distinction, differentiation, determination, division, borderline, demarcation, outline, constraint, segregation, establishment, scope, scribe, drawing.

Delineation Sentence Examples:

• The romantic career of Camilla interests us; and she has the further attraction to modern readers of reminding them of a martial heroine of actual history: but we scarcely recognise in the vivid delineation of her deeds those complex elements which in their union form a whole character for our imaginations, whether in the representations of literature or in our experience of life.

• It is this new universe - the Earth and Starry Heavens - that claims our chief attention, and in the delineation of Milton's imaginative and descriptive powers it is to this latest manifestation of Divine wisdom and might that our remarks shall principally apply.

Homophones for Delineation:

• dalmatian, delimitation, dilantin.

Hypernym for Delineation:

• n.

  • act
    portraiture.

Hyponym for Delineation:

• n.

  • act
    picturing, pictorial representation.